Re: STIA- The Natural Step LO3323

Barry Mallis (bmallis@quickmail.markem.com)
20 Oct 1995 10:03:27 -0400

Reply to: RE>>STIA- The Natural Step LO3299

Interesting, this "masterplan" or "distinct vision" you mention, Tom.
When I typed my comment to you, I had in mind that all these plans are
both relevant and irrelevant.

They are relevant in that they guide our conscious actions from this
moment until our physical death. And they are irrelevant in that the best
laid plans often do not have an essential component of "spirit" in them.
This, I would say based upon the writings of contemporaries and ancients,
is a weakness. I wonder if the following anecdote says something
indirectly about my observation.

Years ago on U.S. public television there was an interview with an
ex-Washinton politico of very high, world-wide stature. In his seventies,
he was standing on a Florida beach outside a condominium high rise
apartment. We learned that this same building was occupied by some of his
bitterest political enemies from his administrating days in the nation's
capital. When asked by the interviewer how he could live "under the same
roof", he smiled the smile of ages and understanding, and replied that
despite their ostensible political differences, he and his "friends" now
were "beyond that" and spent much time together musing, playing, enjoying
life.

Some interesting thinkers have observed that we are looking for what is
looking. Strange phrase, no? But having found "what is looking", we also
find an incredibly expanded vision of physical (and perhaps through it
spirit) life. We enjoy each moment more, we are actually able to respond
to the constant mutability of life with increased sensitivity. Perhaps we
grow more capable if doing what you say in your posting: "I think the
surprise which every day brings (although I have a very distinct vision)
is something I like very much".

Best regards,
Barry

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Barry Mallis
bmallis@markem.com